OREANDA-NEWS In the first 6 months of 2019, bailiffs returned 5.1 billion rubles of salary debts to Russians. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) of Russia.

According to the agency, this is almost 490 million rubles more than in the same period in 2018.

The total amount of wage arrears in Russia as of July 1 was 2.57 billion rubles, according to Rosstat. In most cases (48%) we are talking about workers in manufacturing. The largest total debt (640.6 million rubles) falls on the Central Federal District, and the lowest rate (34.4 million) is on the Urals.